USA: William Morrow 1946. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 8vo. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers with linen backstrip, in illustrated dustwrapper. Book is fine. Jacket has some edgewear, chipped to spine ends. Very good. Rather uncommon; this title has been long out of print, and has only recently been re-issued by Paper Tiger. Written... More

London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Romantic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.333. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, debossed monogram and publisher's devices to boards, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro. Book is near fine, jacket mildly toned with a few small chips; very good indeed. More

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1953. [Adventure/romance] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.354. Bound in red publisher's cloth with title and author's name in gilt to spine, in an unclipped pictorial dustjacket depicting farm and woodland animals against a sinister swamp background. A clean copy with a little edgwear and... More

London: William Heinemann, 1953. [Adventure/romance]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.354. Bound in red publisher's cloth with title and author's name in gilt to spine, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket depicting farm and woodland animals against a sinister swamp background. Light edge wear, jacket frayed at crown, two tiny... More

New York, NY: Morrow, 1957. First US edition. Octavo, pp.320. Publisher's grey cloth, in a vividly-coloured dust-wrapper. The film production agent's copy bearing their label to front flyleaf. Internally clean. Binding very good indeed, minor edgewear, bumping to spine ends. In a very good dust-jacket, minor shelfwear, price-clipped, perhaps a.... More

London: Heinemann, 1958. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 306. In publisher's maroon cloth with rose-red pictorial dust-jacket by Stein, priced at 16s. Signed by the author to the title page. A lovely fine copy of the book in a near fine, lightly... More

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. [Adventure novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.312. Publisher's maroon cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fratini. Book is a little used/dusty, jacket with some creases and tears. A used but serviceable copy. More

New York, NY: William Morrow and co, 1947. First US Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper shows an English country street beside a junk sailing up the Yangon river, in chequered red and black, with white titles to front cover and spine... More

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